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London is set to benefit from an additional 100 qualified, female football coaches, as part of a strategy to encourage more women and girls to ... More

More than 1,500 new football teams and 3,400 coaches will be created after the FA increased funding to its grassroots campaign. The FA upped its ... More

The Football Association (FA) is in talks to bring its ambitious grassroots Parklife project to Southampton – and will encourage bids from other cities from ... More

Kelly Simmons, the Football Association’s (FA) director of participation and development, will discuss the body’s grassroots football strategy during the month’s Soccerex conference in Manchester. ... More

The Football Association (FA) has partnered with more than 170 further and higher education institutions to grow the number of grassroots players and clubs. Through ... More

Women will be allowed to play free football at Powerleague sites around the country as the five-a-side operator attempts to grow its female customer base. ... More

More than 2,000 grass pitches across the country will be improved as a result of an £8m (US$11.3m, €10.2m) fund set aside by the Football ... More

Baroness Sue Campbell, the former UK Sport chair, has been appointed to oversee the development of women’s football for the Football Association (FA). Campbell will ... More

The Football Association (FA) will invest a record £260m into grassroots football over the next four years – a £60m increase on the funding allotted ... More

Nottingham has been crowned as Sport England‘s City of Football, edging out bids from Manchester and Portsmouth to receive £1.6m to get more people in ... More